Orkney Smr Note

Event ID 620586

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Orkney Smr Note

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/620586

This dwelling stands near the sea on the W shore of the

island, at a point most suitable for crossing to the mainland.

Buildings once enclosed three sides of an oblong courtyard, which

was completed on S by a screen-wall. The central portion and most

of the one on the W have disappeared, but the E portion is

habitable and has recently been restored by the proprietor, while

the screen-wall is almost entire. Enough is left to show that,

when complete, Laingskaill was one of the best of the smaller

house in Orkney.

Gives detailed description of architecture, listed under

Secular Buildings. [R1]

Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]